Filled with real-world advice for managing software projects, Murray Cantor Object-Oriented Project Management with UML shows you how to handle any project using UML and the latest thinking on project management. There is little doubt that this guide, even-handed commonsensical to benefit anyone who manages or designs object-oriented software for a living. The best thing about this book was to be honest, real-world mix of software engineering theory and real-world practice for managing object-oriented software development. This book offers a lot of good advice for working with upper management, customers, and the development team during the software development process. Although there are certainly no substitute for actual project management experience, Object-Oriented Project Management with UML may be the next best thing. Touring the author about how to manage the development of object-oriented software offers dozens of clever tips and very comprehensive guide to use some of the best techniques available for Dragan management software. - Richard Topics covered: an overview of object-oriented project management; barriers, the basics of UML, use case, class diagram, model life cycles: waterfall, spiral, RAD; box time model and iteration control; Software Development Plan (SDP), budgeting; estimation of project management early tips, elaboration, construction, and phase transitions; software metrics: KLOCs and COCOMO, measure productivity and sample meeting agendas.